Welcome to my music fan profile page! My name is Howard Huang and I am the overseer and protector of MadeLoud.com. I started this place for musicians to showcase their music and merchandise while giving the feel of an open mic night for music lovers. Although I am guilty of sheepishly and honestly enjoying hit songs from the top 100 charts, it's always a pleasure and humbling experience to stumble across a genuine struggling artist wanting to get their songs out there for the world.

Embracing the indepedent music scene is my passion and it has always been an adventure of mine to come across a great band and/or song that none of my friends have ever heard of. If anyone has any problems/questions/wishes/suggestions/etc... feel free to send me a message. I won't bite, and I'll most likely be on this website in some form or another.

Interests:

Besides having an interest in MadeLoud.com, I know how to play many instruments such as the clarinet, trumpet, guitar, bass, and drums. I recently self-taught myself drums which you can hear my mad skillz if you navigate to this artist page: http://www.madeloud.com/artists/down-faye/music

Another interest of mine is I love attending shows. If you went to one that you highly recommend I would love to hear it.

Favorite Bands/Artists:

I generally like Progressive Rock Bands, but I'd say I enjoy all types of music. I'll keep the list short but some of the bands off the top of my head are:
Radio Head
Muse
The Mars Volta
Sparta
At the Drive In
Josh Rouse
Pinback
Phantom Planet
Chomsky

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Hi Howard. Just saw your comment on our artist profile and wanted to sincerely thank you for not only the comment, but for creating a site that in my eyes, allows the merits of the artist to rise above all else. Ive always believed in art for its own sake and MadeLoud makes that simple commitment possible in a starry eyed world obssessed with stardom.

Howard, greetings from a new artist on your site! I've been very happy with the plays and downloads I've gotten so far and look forward to uploading more. I do have one question, when you use the search on the site it gives you a global Google search, not a search limited to your site, which makes it hard to search for bands. Any chance of making search site-specific?
Keep up the great work!

That's interesting. At one point our search was strictly local to artists on MadeLoud, but we found that there were many who wanted to find more mainstream artists. Was there a particular artist you were looking for?

No, nobody in particular, but if I was, I wouldn't find them unless they would be high up in the Google results - which most of us are not (yet). I'm also thinking that it would be good for an artist to be able to tell people to just go to MadeLoud.com and find their music, as in situations where you can't provide the full link to the profile page.
Could I suggest a tick box next to the Search so the user could opt for either a site-specific or global search? That works nicely and you'd get the best of both worlds.
Thanks again for a great site!

I'm your newest fan. If you're looking to get more exposure for your music you might want to check out our promotion services. Many artists have found it quite successful. Check out our options at: www.madeloud.com/promote-my-music

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By Rewind about Howard on Apr 9, 2012 at 3:53am

Thanks Howard! MadeLoud has provided me (and many more artists) a good deal of recognition from my friends and family. Everyone should know about this website!

Hi Howard and thanks for becoming a fan. MadeLoud has provided me some great exposure in a very short time and that's tremendous encouragement when you're a new artist struggling to be heard. Looking forward to a long relationship with you!

Hey Howard, I appreciate you creating a website like this for artists. Something like this gives a artist one step closer to reaching their dream goal. Come to my page and check out the music and tell me what you think. Also, you can visit http://www.youtube.com/user/YoursTrulyHL. Thanks

Thanks for the comment...I will be releasing an EP very soon, in the coming months actually. It will be the teaser before my album, which is dropping in 2010. Thank you for the feature and I'll be sure to get you the CD when it is done. Much thanks...

I just wanted to let you know that I just released a new album this month. I know you were interested in purchasing a CD, so I figured I'd share the news. It will be available for purchase on iTunes, and CD Baby in the next month or so!

Hey Howard, sorry this took so long to get back in writing! It was really nice meeting you too, at Monolith.. it was such a good weekend. Thanks for all of your help.. and You keep ME updated on stuff too .. okay? Be well.
~Lynsey Smith

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This is one of the reason why we put the "pop up" button on the radio player. It opens a new window so users can continue listening to playlists while they are browsing throughout the site. But you make a good point and we will look into it so people dont have to manually click on the pop up player.

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